Quiz 3 | Cricket Quiz I

1. who was the manager of the Indian team at the 1975 world cup?

Answer : GS Ramchand

2. How many boundaries did Sunil Gavaskar hit during his infamous 36 not out in 60 overs against England in 1975?

Answer : One Four

3. Who replaced the injured Garry Sobers who was initially chosen in the 1975 West Indies squad?

Answer : Rohan Kanhai

4. How many World Cups did Australian fast bowling legend Dennis Lillee compete in?

Answer : Two, 1975 and 1983

5. Name the umpire who stood in the first three World Cup finals

Answer : Harold 'Dickie Bird'

6. Before the current world cup, Australia had the most victories with 51, who holds the second position with 36 wins?

Answer : England

7. How many sixes did Kapil Dev hit in his innings of 175 not out against Zimbabwe in 1983?

Answer : Four

8. Which Sri Lanka bowler took two five wicket hauls in 1983?

Answer : Asantha De Mel

9. New Zealand used two wicket-keeper in the 1983 world cup. Name them.

Answer : Warren Lees and Ian Smith

10. Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas took just one wicket in World cup matches. Who was the victim?

Answer : England's Chris Tavare at Old Trafford in 1983

11. Who is the player scored most number of sixes in a world cup edition.

Answer : Sourav Ganguly hit 15 sixes in 2003 edition.

12. Who is the only player to take 5 wicket haul in semi finals and finals of the same world cup?

Answer : Gary Gilmour of australia in 1975

13. Who holds the record for best bowling performance in a world cup debut?

Answer : Canada's Austin Codrington figure's 5/27

14. Which team conceded maximum number of wides in a world cup match?

Answer : kenya did this against pakistan in 2001 ( 37 wides )

15. Who was the first bowler to take seven wickets in an ODI?

Answer : W Davis of West Indies with 7-51 against Australia at Headingley in 1983

16. Which player was in the reserves for Zimbabwe in 1983 without playing a match but went to represent England in three world cups?

Answer : G Hick

17. Who are the three cricketers who have actually played for two different nation in world cup?

Answer : K Wessels (Australia/South Africa), A Cummins ( West Indies/ Canada ), Ed Joyce( England/Ireland )

18. Name the three opening bowlers who captained their nations in the 1983 world cup.

Answer : Kapil Dev(India), Imran Khan (Pakistan)

19. What was the world cup record set by West Indies bowlers Andy Roberts and Joel Garner in their defeat to India at Old Trafford in 1983?

Answer : They added 71 runs for 10th wicket.

20. Which two players won maximum number of Man of the Match awards in single world cup edition?

Answer : Aravinda De Silva(Sri Lanka) and Lance Klusener(South Africa)

21. Which was the venue for the Opening match of the 1987 world cup?

Answer : Hyderabad (Sind)

22. What was Australia's margin of victory against India at Madras in 1987 ?

Answer : One run

23. Who bowled the final over in West Indies defeat at the hands of both England at Gujranwala and Pakistan at Lahore in 1897?

Answer : Courtney Walsh

24. Who took the wicket of England captain Mike Gatting in the Final against Australia in 1987?

Answer : Australian's Captain Alan Border

25. Who scored a century for England in the 1987 semifinal against India?

Answer : Graham Gooch

26. Who was the player from East Africa in 1975 whose son later played for England?

Answer : Don pringle and Derek pringle

27. What was the highest score by an Indian batsman in the first two World Cups?

Answer : 75 by GR Viswanath against West Indies in 1979

28. Who scored the most runs in the first World Cup?

Answer : Glenn Turner ( New Zealand )

29. What was Bishan Singh Bedi's bowling analysis against East Africa in 1975?

Answer : 12-8-6-1

30. Name the last wicket pair who gave West Indies victory by one wicket against Pakistan in 1975?

Answer : Deryk Murray and Andy Roberts

31. What was unique about Javed Miandad's dismissal against England at Rawalpindi in 1987?

Answer : He was given out LBW on home soil for the first time since his Test Debut in 1976

32. How many foreign-born players represented England at the 1987 world cup?

Answer : Four. Derek Pringle (Kenya),Allan Lamb (South Africa), Gladstone Small (Barbados) and Philip Defreitas (Dominica)

33. Who captained the West Indies for the first time in his fourth world cup in 1987?

Answer : Viv Richards

34. Who took the top wicket taker in 1987?

Answer : Australian fast bowler Craig McDermott with 18

35. Who took the first hat-trick in world cup history in 1987?

Answer : Chetan Sharma against New Zealand at Nagpur

36. What is the lowest run total defended in the world cup?

Answer : 134 meagre total is defended by Zimbabwe Vs England in 1992

37. What is the largest victory margin for a team in world cup?

Answer : 257 runs India's win over Bermuda in the 2007 edition.

38. Where did Sunil Gavaskar score his lone ODI Century?

Answer : Nagpur

39. Who scored the First World Cup Century For Zimbabwe?

Answer : Dave Houghton, 142 Vs New Zealand at Hyderabad(Deccan) in 1987

40. How many Sixes did Navjot Singh Sidhu hit in his First World Cup in 1987?

Answer : 10

41. Who hit 181 against Sri Lanka in 1987 at Karachi which was then the highest score in the world cup?

Answer : Viv Richards

42. Zimbabwe's captain in 1987 had earlier played Test cricket for South Africa in 1970. Name him.

Answer : John Traicos

43. Who took a hat-trick in Zimbabwe's shock win over England at Albury in the 1992 World Cup?

Answer : Eddo Brandes

44. Name the Two batsmen who scored centuries in the opening match of the 1992 world cup.

Answer : Martin Crowe (New Zealand) and David Boon ( Australia )

45. Name the Indian batsman who was run out off the last ball of the match against Australia at Brisbane in 1992 Which Australia won by one run.

Answer : Venkatapathy Raju

46. Who took Sachin Tendulkar's Wicket in his first World Cup appearance against England at Perth in 1992?

Answer : Ian Botham

47. What was Pakistan's total in their washed out match against England at Adelaide in 1992?

Answer : 74

48. Who is the only player to make Debut and Retirement from Cricket on World Cup?

Answer : Pakistan's Javed Miandad made Debut in 1975 and Retired in 1996 World cups

49. Who are the players to represent for two different countries?

Answer : Keppler Wessels, Andrew Cummins and Ed Joyce

50. Who is the player to represent more number of World Cups?

Answer : 6 World Cups, Sachin Tendulkar.